Community Corner

Get Out: Music, Masked Ball, Films, Fundraisers

Activities for Feb. 9 - 15, 2012.

Check with event organizers for any schedule changes. Go to our events page for more activities.

1.
Where/When: , 3pm, Sun
Why Go: This piano trio concert jumpstarts the spring season for the Newtown Friends of Music
Pricing: $20

2.
Where/When: , 7pm-midnight, Sat
Why Go: Come help this this arts and literary magazine mark one year at this masked ball featuring a night of mystery, intrigue and lots of fun.
Pricing: $100

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3.
Where/When: , 8:30pm, Thurs
Why Go: Bluegrass music performed by the Lost Dogs is on tap every second and fourth Thursday in the Tap Room of My Place
Pricing: Free music

4. - CANCELED
Where/When: Newtown High School, 8am, Sat
Why Go: Help support the Color Guard by bringing your redeemable recylables to help these young people compete at the World Guard Competition.
Pricing: Free

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5.
Where/When: , 7:30pm, Mon
Why Go: This lecture will be about the history of quilting in the United States and its role during the Civil War
Pricing: Free

6. Ladies Night at My Place's Tap Room for Valentine's Day
Where/When: , 8 p.m.
Why Go: No valentine this year? No problem. Free glass of wine or cocktail for single ladies after 8 p.m.
Pricing: Free

7. An Evening Cabert with Francine Wheeler
Where/When: , 6pm, doors open; 7pm show starts Fri
Why Go: Francine Wheeler, accompanied by her husband, David, will present an hour of music that spans her vocalist career. Proceeds to benefit library.
Pricing: $10 (registration requested)

8. Independent Film Series
Where/When: , 1pm, Wed
Why Go: Film about a human resources manager of Jerusalem's largest bakery who is sent to the hometown of a worker killed in a suicide bombing to make amends.
Pricing: Free

9. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn...Part I (PG-13)
Where/When: , 7pm, Thu-Sun; 9:10 pm, Fri-Sat; 1, 4pm, Sat
Why Go: Popular Twilight series continues in this beginning of the end story.
Pricing: $2

10. Young Adult (R)
Where/When: , 7pm, Mon-Weds; 1pm, Tues (more times next week)
Why Go: Charlize Theron headlines this movie about a woman who refuses to grow up and who returns to her Midwest hometown seeking to rekindle an old romance.
Pricing: $2

Editor's note: Some events scheduled for Saturday have been canceled due to likely snow. This article has been updated to reflect that.


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